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Since ancient times, jewelry has been a unique way for people of all walks of life to express themselves, to convey their wealth or inheritance, to reflect family ties, religious customs, and many others. In historic Armenia, jewelry became an important means of preserving a culture that was attempted to be erased by the Ottoman Empire between 1915 and 1923 in a campaign of genocide against Armenians. During this time, they were forcibly removed from their ancestral homeland and sent on death marches and brutally murdered. The campaign of erasure is so vast that even now, more than 100 years after the genocide, Turkey still denies it. Jewelry is an artifact commonly preserved and passed down throughout generations of families, which is the case for all of our survivors. Jewelry continues to be an important means of preserving culture and family memories. In order to fight against the erasure of cultures commonly perpetuated through genocide, we create and celebrate the memory of existing artifacts from a time when all artifacts were attempted to be exterminated. ~ This project is part of the Armenian Memory Project at UConn's Norian Armenian Programs, in interviews with members of Connecticut's Armenian community. All descendants of genocide, all came with stories and many artifacts to share the harrowing journey through the genocide, the love in their families, and the perseverance of their people.